Francesca D’Acunzo

Ricercatore

indirizzo c/o Dip. Chimica Università di Roma “La Sapienza”
P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma
telefono +39 06 49913396
fax +39 06 49913629
e-mail francesca.dacunzo@cnr.it

 

Competenze

  • Sintesi di monomeri e polimeri.
  • Studio di reazioni enzimatiche e biomimetiche.

Attività di Ricerca

  • Sintesi di nuovi monomeri per l’ottenimento di polimeri funzionali rispondenti a stimuli multipli, quali luce, temperatura, pH.
  • Polimerizzazioni radicaliche controllate (RAFT).
  • Sintesi di nuovi inibitori dell’enzima Carbonilriduttasi.

Pubblicazioni recenti / significative

  • Nardi, F. D’Acunzo, M. Clemente, G. Proietti, P. Gentili “A first study on copolymers of a methacrylate containing the 2-(hydroxyimino)aldehyde group and OEGMA. RAFT polymerization and assessment of thermal and photoresponsive polymer behavior.” Polymer Chemistry, DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00975E (2017).
  • D’Acunzo, P. Gentili, G. Masci, O. Ursini “Towards controlled cationic polymer growth from inorganic oxide defects: Directing the mechanism of polystyrene grafting from γ-irradiated silica” Polymer (United Kingdom) 55(20), 5043-5049, (2014).
  • D’Acunzo, C. Galli, P. Gentili, F. Sergi “Mechanistic and steric issues in the oxidation of phenolic and non-phenolic compounds by laccase or laccase-mediator systems. the case of bifunctional substrates” New Journal of Chemistry 30(4), 583-591, (2006).
  • D’Acunzo, C. Galli “First evidence of catalytic mediation by phenolic compounds in the laccase-induced oxidation of lignin models” European Journal of Biochemistry 270(17), 3634-3640, (2003).
  • F. D’Acunzo, TQ Le, J. Kohn “Alternating multiblock amphiphilic copolymers of PEG and tyrosine-derived diphenols. 2. Self-assembly in aqueous solution and at hydrophobic surfaces” Macromolecules 35(25), 9366-9371, (2002).